---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence."
description: "Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "Texas SB 798 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "Health--General (I0385)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neave", "Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e65b0d03-8e6a-4341-bd43-3e69a04f0f48"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 798.xml"
source_hash: "47e12dabca09936e972dde4427d8e2a3146340acfb4f92a82ac44b52d7ec8527"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 798 (87) — Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neave — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e65b0d03-8e6a-4341-bd43-3e69a04f0f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).